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Cyrtosymbolina varica

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtosymbole (Cyrtosymbole) varica was named by Alberti (1976). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bin Jbilet, which is in a Famennian carbonate limestone in the Erfoud Formation of Morocco.

It was recombined as Cyrtosymbolina varica by Basse and Lemke (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Cyrtosymbole (Cyrtosymbole) varica Alberti
2011Cyrtosymbolina varica Basse and Lemke p. 62

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyCyrtosymbolinaeHupé 1953
genusCyrtosymbolina
speciesvarica()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Cyrtosymbolina varica Alberti 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Early/Lower Famennian or 376.10000 to 370.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Morocco Cyrtosymbole varica (229233)